RE: Another Internet Myth

Posted by PAR on October 19, 2016 at 23:12:54

In Reply to: RE: Another Internet Myth posted by bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net on October 19, 2016 at 10:52:04:

" VTA was not on anyone's radar screen in the 1970s, I doubt the term had even been invented until later"

Interesting point. Although I am not certain when the exact term became common, the concept behind it, or an approximation, was appreciated well before the 1970s. Examples of arms having provision to adjust VTA include the SME (designed 1958/9) and, I believe, early Ortofon arms. In fact I can remember adjusting arm height to ensure that the cartridge was correctly aligned in accordance with the instruction manual for my SME 3009 in 1969 or 70. Of course I was no early adopter so that instruction must have been in the manual for a period before.

Thorens designed the complex TDW224 record changer with a major intention of maintaining VTA (whether or not the precise phrase was in use). This turntable was introduced in 1962 so it is likely that the principle would have been known before then.

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